Duplex cashier&#39;s desk.



E. F. WIEBOLDT. DUPLEX CASHIER'S DESK. APPLIuA'noN FILED Mus, 191s.

A V///l//Ay//// 1 ELMER I?. WIEBOLDT,` OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DUPLEX CASHIERS DESK.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented A110'. 18, 1914.

Application filed May 3, 1913. Serial No. 765,245.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ELMER F. "WinBoLDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Duplex-Cashiers Desks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to desks intended for cashiers use especially under circumstances where different cashiers are to use the same desk at different periods of the day.

It will be understood that in busy mercantile establishments and like places where a cashier must attend steadily at the cashiers desk, it becomes necessary from time to time to relieve one cashier and put another in his or her place. It is not desirable to mix the accounts of the two cashiers as this would `virtuallymake one sponsor for the accounts of the other and yet it is usually inconvenient, if not, impractical, to provide two separate desks.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction such that a single desk may be utilized by two different cashiers and yet keep the papers and cash handled by the respective cashiers separate.

In my desk there is a separate drawer and a separate cabinet compartment for each cashier and the drawer and compartment of one cashier maybe locked without interfering with the drawer or compartment belonging to the other cashier. Furthermore, in my desk the lockingof one compartment of the cabinet automatically locks the corresponding drawer. The compartment of `one cashier is locked up so long as the drawer and compartment of the other cashier is open.

In connect-ion withthese general objects it is my purpose to providecertain details of construction rendering the desk convenient, compact 'and safe, said details` being hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

I accomplish my objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a desk embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan section on the line f3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan section on the line lid- 4f of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an isometric perspective of the preferred form of cash till.y Fig.- 6 is a sectional detail of the drawer-locking` device, the section being taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. G.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the top l of the desk has mounted thereon a duplex cabinet comprising the back 2, side walls 3 and f1, central partition 5, top G and door 7. Said partition divides the cabinet into two compartment-s a and I) and the door 7 is hinged at the front of partition 5 in such manner that when the door is closed in one position it will leave compartment a closed and compartment b open (as in Fig. 3), `and when swung to `closed position in front of compartment Z), it will close compartment 7) and open compartment Compartments a and I) are designed for the filing of sales slips or other papers which the cashiers are required to handle pursuant to their duties, and while the filing devices may be varied, I show them in the form of spindles a. and 7). The spindles a are secured to the back 2 in compartment a and to that side of door 7 which faces compartment a. Similarly the spindles b are some of them mounted upon the wall 2 in compartment 7) and others upon that side of the door 7 which faces compartment 7). In consequence when the door is closed as in Fig. 3 all`th`e spindles a will be inclosed and all of the spindles 7) will be exposed and accessible. p

The body of the desk below top 1 embraces back 10 and sides l1 and 12. Within the body of the desk are horizontal guides 13 for supporting the cash drawers A and B. These drawers are arranged side by` side. the drawer A occupying the space be neath the cabinet a and the drawer B occumring4 the space beneath the cabinet 7i.` By preference these drawers are each vprovided with guides 15 for supporting` cash tills 16 (see Figs. 2 and 5l.

The desk is provided with a drawer-lock which in the form selected to illustrate `tbe invention consists of a rod 18 secured to the bottom of door 7 bv a plate 19 or other suitable fastening device, Said rod is concentric' with `the axis of rotation of the door and extends down between the cash drawers A. and B as bestvshown in Figs. 4, 6 and 7. At the lower end said rod carries a locking arm 20 which entends horintally below the utilizeboth 210.95 ,of

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bottom of the drawers in such manner as to engage either the stop 22 extending down from the bottom of drawer A or the stop 23 extending down from the bottom of drawer B. Locking arm 2O extends in the same direction from the axis as does the door 7 and hence said arm will always lock the door 'beneath the closed compartment of the cabinet above. ln other words when compartment i is closed, fthe drawer A will be locked while4 compartment o will be .open `and the drawer B unlocked.

Means are provided for locking `door 7 in leach of its `closed positions. For this ypurpose l provide locks 25 and 26, one for holding `vthe door .closed in .one position, and the g .other for holding ,the wdoor closed in the other position. lPreferably the key holes of;

these locks open on door.

opposite faces of thel In `use each cashier .will have his own in,- l

.dividual key. For illustration, flet it be as.- sumed that the principal cashier will usel compartment .a and .drawer A, and thev assistant .cashier drawer provided will' ,use compartment b and j B. `The principal cashier will beiv with a key for ylock l25 .and theI assis-tant with a .key for lock 26. VVhen the time comes for Ethe .assistant to relieve the principal cashier, kthe principal will turn the key in lock 25 ,and .lockt-he door 7 in .the position shown in Fig. 3, vleaving compartment ZJ open and compartment t closed.{

The locking of :the door in this position will rotate the locking rod to such a position that the arm 20 will engage the stop 22 on the drawer A and `hold the latter securely locked. T-hus the principal Cashier leave and at the same time have the assurf g ance that neither the assistant nor `other persons will be able to meddle with .the con- .tents of that portion. of the .desk used b y the l when the principal returns and relieves'tlie assistant, .the assistant by using lock his compartment and ,draw-er .against 'access byany person other f By thus rendering ,the desk duplex, twp persons may 4safely use .the saine .desk and consequently space is required for only one desk where otherwise two- ,desks would be required. Furthermore, it is possible .to the .door for :tiling plu-rf At night, .of course, and out of business hours'the cash and papers will all be removed, vor .the'assista-nt may turn -his ycash and papers all over `to. the principal to sed by the principal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire Lto secure by Letters Patent is l. A .cashiers desk provided with a .cabinet 'having two compartments, a door hinged to the cabinet and adapted to close one compartment and expose 'the .other when `closed .j principal. All yassurances are reciprocal for his key may than himself.

in one position and to expose the first and close the second compartment when closed `in another position, a pair ot drawers and a locking `device capable of occupyingtwo positions and adapted when in one position to lock oneJ drawer and release the other and when in another position to release the first and lock the second drawer, said locking device being operated by said door.

A cashiers desk provided with a cabinet having two compartments, a swinging door rhinged `to the .cabinet in' position to close one `or the `other of said compartments, ,two parallel drawers, a locking rod rigidly secured yto .said door and adapted to engage one or the other of said .drawers depending upon the position of the door.

3. A cashiers desk yconsisting of a top .and a suitable support therefor, said. desk vbeing provided with a cabinet mounted upon the top of `the desk and `divided into two com.- partments, a swinging door hinged upon a vertical axis y.to the cabinet in position X.to close one or the other .o l' .said compartments, tivo drawers located beneath the top .of the desk and a locking rod rigidly secured to the door and passing down to the drawers and having an arm adapted to ,engage one or the other of said drawers depending .upon the position 'of the arm and of the .door by which `the arm and locking -rod Iare operated.

ll. A cashiers desk consisting of ltop and a suitable support therefor, said `desk having an ,open front cabinet, a vertically arranged partition dividing the cabinet into two compartments, a swinging door hinged at the front .of said partition and yadapted to close one or the .other of said .compartments, drawers slidingly mounted insaid desk, stops on said drawers and a *locking rod having an arm adapted to swing into the path-oic `one or the other of said stops for locking the respective drawers, said flocking rod being rigidly secured to and operated by said door.

5. A duplex cashiers desk consisting of .a top and a suitable support therefor, said desk having an open front cabinet mounted upon ,the top -ofthe desk, a vertically arranged partition dividing the cabinet into two substantially equal compartments, a swinging door hinged at the `front of said partition and adapted to close one .or the other of said compartments, drawers slidingly mounted in the .desk beneath the top thereof, stops on said drawers, a locking rod fastened to and rotatable with the door, said rod being located between said drawers and a horizontal locking arm rigid with said rod and adapted to engage the stop upon one vor the other of said drawers;

6. A. cashiers desk having two drawers, a rotatable lockingrod adapted to Aengage one or the other of said drawers to lock the same, a cabinet7 a partition dividing said cabinet into two compartments, a swinging door hinged at the front of said partition and adapted to close one or the other of said compartments, said door and said looking rod being rigidly secured together, whereby the rod may be operated by the door, and two locks, one for looking the door in one closed position and the other for lookin@ the door in the other closed position.

A eash-iers desk having a cabinet, a partition dividing said cabinet into two compartments, a swinging door hinged at the front of said partition and adapted to close one or the other of said compartments, two parallel drawers a locking device operated by said door an. adapted to engage one or the other of said drawers depending upon the position of the door, and two locks carried by said door, one of said locks bein adapted to lock the door in one of its olose positions and the other of said locks being adapted to look the door in the other of its closed positions, each lock thereby causing the door and one of the drawers to be locked.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ELMER F. WIEBOLDT.

Witnesses ETTA L. VHITE, HOWARD M. COX.

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